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2012-07-07 17:47:28 Xinhua News
HSINCHU, Taiwan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A tour bus carrying 38 mainlanders, one Taiwanese guide and
a local driver overturned at noon on Saturday in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu city, killing the driver and
injuring 39 others, four of them seriously.
All the injured were sent to hospitals in Hsinchu and adjacent Miaoli county for treatment. Among the
four severely injured, all women, one lost four fingers from her right hand, one injured her cervical
vertebra, one fractured a bone in her hand, and another got face lacerations. They are being treated
and their wounds are not life threatening, according to rescuers and doctors.
Most of the injured sustained only slight injuries, mainly abrasions.
The tour bus was on its way from Taipei to Taichung where sightseeing at scenic spots including the
Sun and Moon Lake was scheduled, when it overturned, the result -- it is thought -- of a burst
rear-left tire.
The driver was crushed to death under the bus.
Local police said the cause of the crash is still being investigated. The bus was bought within the last
three years and had recently passed a vehicle inspection.
2012-07-07 17:47:28 Xinhua News
HSINCHU, Taiwan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A tour bus carrying 38 mainlanders, one Taiwanese guide and
a local driver overturned at noon on Saturday in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu city, killing the driver and
injuring 39 others, four of them seriously.
All the injured were sent to hospitals in Hsinchu and adjacent Miaoli county for treatment. Among the
four severely injured, all women, one lost four fingers from her right hand, one injured her cervical
vertebra, one fractured a bone in her hand, and another got face lacerations. They are being treated
and their wounds are not life threatening, according to rescuers and doctors.
Most of the injured sustained only slight injuries, mainly abrasions.
The tour bus was on its way from Taipei to Taichung where sightseeing at scenic spots including the
Sun and Moon Lake was scheduled, when it overturned, the result -- it is thought -- of a burst
rear-left tire.
The driver was crushed to death under the bus.
Local police said the cause of the crash is still being investigated. The bus was bought within the last
three years and had recently passed a vehicle inspection.
